On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 17:48, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Lindsay" == Lindsay Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Lindsay> If (like us) you're marketing an enterprise-level product, and > Lindsay> you invest a lot of time in enhancing it, > Lindsay> then you will want some kind of source hiding. > > I forget who said it, but > "most people who hide their source do so out of embarassment". > > Truly, there is no reason to hide your source. It only makes me ensure > that I will never purchase your product.
I would say that whoever wants to keep the source code for himself, it's up to him/her. But, as a very personal opinion, I would also say that nowadays, in the middle of the Open Source movement, and for code written in Perl (<add your comments about ofuscation of Perl code here>), you _really_ have to offer something very special to someone _really_ special to make a difference between giving or not the source code. Not to mention that you won't benefit from peer-review of bugs and enhancements. Is it really crucial in those enterprise-level products that people don't see that code? Again, personal opinion, avilella
